Clyde & Co Westlink is a JLV between Clyde & Co and
Westlink Partnership. Clyde & Co Westlink serves clients in
China in the areas of banking and finance, foreign direct
investment, M&A, corporate governance, and in particular
outbound investment and litigation related legal issues. The JLV is
licenced by the People's Republic of China's Ministry of
Justice and is able to provide seamless onshore and offshore advice
as a single entity, drawing together Clyde & Co's
international expertise with the full domestic China law capability
of the Westlink Partnership. Established in 2013, Clyde & Co
Westlink JLV provides compressive contentious and non-contentious
Chinese law related legal services.

Prior to joining Clyde & Co Westlink JLV, Yang was a partner
at HaoLiWen Partners and he has solid experience in corporate and
M&A practices. In addition to general corporate work, he has
advised on many mega projects in terms of inbound and outbound
investment, cross border transactions, corporate and debt
restructuring, technology procurement and licensing and bidding
activities. He advises clients across a diverse range of industries
including media, financial service, logistics, real estate,
manufacturing, internet, IT service. Yang also has extensive
experience in advising on shipping, international trade and
logistic matters. He has represented shipping companies and
international trade companies in many contentious and
non-contentious cases.

Commenting on Yang's appointment, managing partner of Clyde
& Co Westlink JLV, Carrie Chen, said: "I am delighted to
have someone of Yang's calibre and international experience
joining us at the JLV. Our aim is to provide clients in China and
overseas with onshore and offshore advice as a single entity, and I
think Yang's experience will further facilitate that."

Clyde & Co Shanghai partner, Michael Cripps, added:
"Clyde & Co is one of the very few international law firms
that have been approved by the Ministry of Justice to establish a
formal joint law venture in China, with the arrival of Yang, I
believe we can further leverage on his expertise to boost our
corporate strength in the market."

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